The Osceola times., 1887-07-16

OK the 9Th attendants McHush and
Cleary, who were lately placed in custody
by the verdict Of q coroners jury who ac-
cused them OF beating an inmate Of
Ward's Island IN. w Insane asylum
named George Farris, so brutally that
the man died, were indicted Tor msn'
slaug ghter by the grand jury.
On the 9th. James Christianson, a
Dane, fatally shot Dr.. Eugene B. North
at Peru, Ind. The murderer was at ono,
arrested and locked up. About midnight
he was taken from the jail by forty
masked men and hanged TO a cross p iece
OF a bridge spanning the Wabash river.
IpAno advices state that . number OF
Chinese mining camps along Snake river
have been raided by either Indians or
whites. Numerous mutil ated bodies of
Cinnamon have been found, four or fve
being discovered together q few days
since. II Is thought to be the work Of
gold dust
OK the 9th A. d. Parsnt, the defaulting G
cashier Of the Hochelags Bank, OF Mon
treal, arrested at Buffalo, N. Y, recently,
was handed over TO the Chicago detectives,
oncr. Parant will be prosecuted In Chi
cago under an Illinois State law for hav-
ing stolen funds and securities Of the
bank in his possession there.
The coroner held an Inquest at Peru,
Ind, on the 9TH, on Christianson, who was
lvnched, and found that he came to his
death by strangulation, caused by parties
unknown.
In nna ahao har oh n
was extinguished just in time to prevent
the powder magazine exploding. The
loss is $50 0)o There was great excite
ment throughout the city.
SIX of the nine one-story brick build
ings, covering an entire square, occupied
by the Cellonite Man nufacturing Com pany,
at Arlington, N. j., were demolished by
an explosion on the 7th. Two persons
were killed ana several others wounded.
GOVERNOR LLOYD Of Maryland has
signed the death warrant Of John Thomas
Ross, colorcd, convicted Of the murder Of
Emily Brown, an old white woman, whose
hody he sold TO the Maryland Medical
University. Friday, August 20, 10 ap-
pointed for his execution.
A TERRIBLE miue disaster occurred on
the evening Of the 7th in the Sturgeon
"
Der Of miners had Just got a blast ready
when water rushed into the mine 40 fast
that many could not escape Eight
Italians are known TO be in the mine and
are surely dead.
A FEW weeks since fourteen tramps
were arrested near Canton, O., where
they had terrorized farmers for several
days. They were subsequently indicted
l. Ia. n..A e.aaN
made. They were found guilty on the
7th, and twelve of them were sentenc ced
TO ono years Imprisonment each in the
pcnitentiary.
OSCAR NJ KELLY, who shot and killed
his wife at Mccoy, Ore, about six weeks
ago, was taken from the jail at Dallas at
two o'clock on the morning Of the 1th, by
a mob and hanged. On first hearing the
mob Kelly broke his lamp aud cut his
neck, wrist and ankles, and was rapidly
bleeding to death when seiZed.
JouN SWIFT, aged twenty-five, shot and
killed his wife Katie, at Hartford, Conn,
on the Ttb. He had been separated from
her Tor some months because OF her re-
fusal TO longer stand his abuse. He was
arrested.
DR. NoRru, OF Peru, Ind, who was shot
Dy tnflstlanSOn. Is ueNu.
on the night of The 9TH farmhouse AT
Arlcnhoe Butte shire, Scotland. was de-
stroyed by fire, and three women and
four men servants were burned.
OSCAR j. HARVEY, a trusted Official iE
the Treasury Department at Washington,
has been detected in a systematic at
tempt to defraud the Government by
forgery
OS the sth the jury in the Jimmy Car.
roll case at Galesburg. H., returned a
verdict of guilty. and fixed the punish
ment at twelve years in the penitentiary.
Carroll is the last OF the celebrated
Farmers and Mechanics Bank robbers to
be punished.
A rERaIBLE epidemic is raging on Coca-
burn Island, Like Huron. The disease
broke ont several days ago, and from FRI
day to Tuesday Of last week nine deaths
had occurred, and the mortality was
seemingly on the increase. The disease
is supposed to be diphtheria. There is no
doctor on the | land, and the inhabitant to
are fleeing for their lives.
On the evening of the 7th Stella Will
Jams, n colorei woman living at Melon.
aids, Pa, with Lewis Walker, coal
miner, also colored, shot and killed the
latter because he thre atened to leave her.
The woman was arrested and taken TO the
county Ill at Washington.
OK the Sth George K. Ritter and
Frank f.. Greene, of Brookville,
Kas., were indicted by the United
States grand jury at Topeka
for sending obscene literature through
the mails. They pleaded guilty, and were
sentenced TO three years each in the peni-
tentiary.
On the night OF the 9th seventeen lives
were los and half million dollars worth
OF property destroyed by fire at Hurley,
Wis, which started in the Alcazar Ths-
ater, during a performance.
On the 10th the sloop Mystery, with a
party Of excursionists on board was cap
sized of Barren Island, n. Y, and twenty
seven lives are supposed to have been
list
KASMorUBLY, a wealthy Choctaw In.
dian, Is reported to have been murdered
for his money necr Atoka, l. I.
OS the 9th the Episcopal Church a,
Xelia, O., recently wrecked by cyclone,
was struck by lightning during a storm,
and was totally destroyed by the result
ing fire, together with several adjoining
buildings; loss, $40 900.
ON the 9th George Cockrell was con.
victel in the Supreme Court at Coowees,
|. T., Of the murder OF Charley Hcndr cks,
Cherokee Indian, and was sentenced 70
the panitentiary at Talequah for ten
years.
on the 18th Robert Hartley and Mrs.
Leivelle were drowned in the Delaware at
Philadelphia. A party Of ten were out in
small boat which capsisod. The others
were rescued.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tue advent of Pinkertou's detectives In